EXISTS()

Match documents where an attribute at path is present. To use this function, the fulltext search view definition must have storeValues set to "id".

Syntax

EXISTS(path)

Key	Type	Description
path	attribute path expression	The path to the attribute in the document.

Example 1

FOR doc IN viewName
  SEARCH EXISTS(doc.text)
  RETURN doc

Specify Data Type

Match documents where an attribute at path is present and also matches the specified data type.

Syntax

EXISTS(path, type)

• path (attribute path expression): The path to the attribute in the document.
• type (string): Data type:
  • "null"
  • "bool" / "boolean"
  • "numeric"
  • "string"
  • "analyzer" (Refer to Specify Analyzer.)

Example

FOR doc IN viewName
  SEARCH EXISTS(doc.text, "string")
  RETURN doc

Specify Analyzer

Match documents where an attribute at path is present and also indexed by a specified analyzer.

Syntax

EXISTS(path, "analyzer", analyzer)

• path (attribute path expression): The path to the attribute in the document.
• "analyzer" (string): Specifies to look for an analyzer. Do not change.
• analyzer (string): Optionally, specify the name of an analyzer. Default is identity.

Example

FOR doc IN viewName
  SEARCH EXISTS(doc.text, "analyzer", "text_en")
  RETURN doc